The Harvests I missed During a Week Long Rain Storm

There were many harvests I wanted to do this week, but couldn’t because of the rain storm that lasted several days.  That is why I wrote a post today to make certain that you are up to date with the latest harvests I did this afternoon.

My pumpkins were finally ready this week and I should have picked them much earlier in the week.  They have been ready for quite awhile and I just like leaving them outside in order to have them turn orange quicker.  A couple have become rotten and I had to cut them up and throw them into some compost that I will be making.  Other than that they were pretty good for being outside through this storm for this long.

Beans are another harvest that I got done today.  I actually wasn’t sure if many of them were going to be ready for picking, but when I went outside and looked at my vines I saw plenty of them that needed to be harvested right away.  Today’s harvest was quite big and I got over nine pounds of these sweet and delicious beans.

The last on today’s list are my peppers that are just still producing flowers despite the weather and are growing amazingly.  They have really good peppers on the plants I got about a dozen of them that were ready waiting to be picked.  Most of them were large sized peppers, but there were a couple that were a little bit smaller.  Nevertheless as long as they taste good I am not worried about their size.

A Few More Tomatoes and another Batch of Beans

This is going to be a small post today because it looks like many of my harvests are winding down and I don’t think I will be picking as many tomatoes for the rest of the season.  My Roma tomatoes are done for the most part and cherry tomatoes are still around with more fruit.

Beans on the other hand are probably one of the last plants that are continuing to produce other than my pepper plants.  I should see a very large harvest from my beans soon and today I was able to fill half a bowl of them.  I might be able to fill up two bowls from one harvest if my beans are going to produce more flowers and pods.

Besides some peppers, an eggplant, and some broccoli plants the last thing from the summer will be a couple of watermelons.  These are always some of the last fruits from the garden and should be harvesting them soon.  I would say early October and these melons will be completely done and ripe enough to eat.

Ending the Garden Season on a High Note

Although it is not the end of the season and I would say that it will not end until the real cold weather arrives I wanted to get a good last harvest from my Roma tomatoes.  I had plenty of them on the plants that I was just waiting for them to ripen fully.  Today I think I picked the most I have ever in just one day.

It just happened that many of them were ripe on the same day.  Since most of them grew at the same time it makes sense that they would also ripen at a similar time.  I did leave some of them on the plant because they were just not quite ready and some of them still had green tomatoes on them as well.

Only a couple were continuing to produce tomatoes, but for the most part production of tomatoes is pretty much over for all the types of tomatoes that I grew this season.  The rest of them will be picked at a later date sometime in the near future.  There was 70 pounds worth of Roma tomatoes which will be turned into thick red sauce.

On a side not some cantaloupes were picked this week.  This makes two types of fruits that were picked this week.  This is usually the time when I start to pick my melons and watermelons are always last to be harvested.  Just four more cantaloupes to enjoy for as long as possible until other melons are ready to be picked.









 I also have one honeydew plant which is the only one to survive during the cooler month of May and it has one fruit on it that is hopefully going to ripen this season.  I hope that it ripens soon before the cool weather harms the vine and it won’t be able to fully ripen.  It has finished growing so right now it is working on the ripening phase of the fruit.

Looking To Pick the First Cantaloupe in Near Future

It looks like in the next couple of days or so I should see the first cantaloupe harvest of the season.  I am not certain about all of my melons, but one of the cantaloupes that I was looking at seems to be just about ready to pick.  If it falls off the vine tomorrow I will not be surprised because it could have been picked today, but decided to wait another day or two at the most.

On the other hand my tomatoes are just continuing to ripen and there doesn't look like there is an end in sight to these fruits.  I am glad I am getting many Roma tomatoes because I can use those for some great sauces because of their meaty interior.  I picked about a full bowl of them which is about a little over 20 pounds.


Even though the focus is mainly on Roma tomatoes I did also have some time to pick more cherry and steakhouse tomatoes this afternoon.  I still have many cherry tomatoes left on most of the plants, but there is a limited supply to steakhouse tomatoes on these plants.  I have been picking these large tomatoes over the past week so I have plenty to use for my noontime sandwiches.  I also have plenty of cherry tomatoes for many future salads.